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On April 03 2011 16:44 Blitzkrieg09 wrote:I made out the tournament in bracket form. I wasn't sure which part of the loser's bracket the Round 1 winner's bracket losers would go to. Do these tournaments have the "if necessary" game (I included it)? ![[image loading]](http://tinyurl.com/3ha7o9s)
Thanks for that, I just made my predictions for tmrw in paint 
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On April 03 2011 16:57 Blitzkrieg09 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 16:51 iloevrsg wrote:On April 03 2011 16:44 Zeles wrote:
To all of the Europeans waking up:
Really the only games cast yesterday were replays (Destiny vs Response for example)...every time they tried to cast a live game the net failed. So there's nothing you missed other than F5ing a twitter page for 6 hours. but what about idra vs huk games? is it possible to watch it somewhere? Here are the replays to games 1 and 3. Game 2 is missing from their site (this is the one that Huk did the hallucinations, you need to find it somewhere...epic). Game 3 is when Huk and Idra talk to each other at the beginning. http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/140-22322.htmlHere are the rest of the replays from pool play (click on "match info", some are still not up). http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2011-dallas-starcraft2-champ.html#
End of the match missing ? Fight occurs at 10:28, Idra burrows his roaches then the whole thing stops. Did they manage to &é"' replays too ?????
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Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit.
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On April 03 2011 16:44 Blitzkrieg09 wrote:I made out the tournament in bracket form. I wasn't sure which part of the loser's bracket the Round 1 winner's bracket losers would go to. Do these tournaments have the "if necessary" game (I included it)?
Thanks for drawing it up. The only caveat I notice is that the MLG bracket has KiWiKaKi vs NaNiwa as the upper half of the Winner's bracket, so I assume that the loser of that match will go to IdrA branch of the lower bracket.
Naniwa is gonna take it all against Select!
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I went to bed early thinking that i could just catch the rebroadcast, but there doesn't seem to be one?  What is going on? Is there gonna be a rebroadcast? FML if not
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On April 03 2011 17:18 cnas wrote:I went to bed early thinking that i could just catch the rebroadcast, but there doesn't seem to be one? What is going on? Is there gonna be a rebroadcast? FML if not
There's no rebroadcast. Today basically didn't happen due to technical difficulties, MLG is pulling an all-nighter switching out the bad equipments.
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On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit.
But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it.
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On April 03 2011 17:16 Eurekastreet wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 16:57 Blitzkrieg09 wrote:On April 03 2011 16:51 iloevrsg wrote:On April 03 2011 16:44 Zeles wrote:
To all of the Europeans waking up:
Really the only games cast yesterday were replays (Destiny vs Response for example)...every time they tried to cast a live game the net failed. So there's nothing you missed other than F5ing a twitter page for 6 hours. but what about idra vs huk games? is it possible to watch it somewhere? Here are the replays to games 1 and 3. Game 2 is missing from their site (this is the one that Huk did the hallucinations, you need to find it somewhere...epic). Game 3 is when Huk and Idra talk to each other at the beginning. http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/140-22322.htmlHere are the rest of the replays from pool play (click on "match info", some are still not up). http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2011-dallas-starcraft2-champ.html# End of the match missing ? Fight occurs at 10:28, Idra burrows his roaches then the whole thing stops. Did they manage to &é"' replays too ?????
IdrA didn't GG he just left the game. That's how replays work they just stop once someone leaves the game.
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On April 03 2011 16:49 Jiddra wrote:
Gretorp lost 100% of his matches and ends up in the championship bracket, to reach top 6 you need 3 wins and 1 loss... I'm starting to wonder if this format is really that good, just complicated.
The format is designed to protect previously established players. If you come in as top 16 seed you can win the whole tournament by playing only 7 series and winning 6 of them. Meanwhile losing in the first round of the open bracket puts you on a path of winning 21 series undefeated before you can claim victory.
It's disappointing because it is so hard to see new talent rise up and challenge established players (which is why I love the GSTL). It's also stupidly difficult to get knocked out of the top 16 once you are in it. You just need to win 1 game out of the 5 you will play all weekend.
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On April 03 2011 17:19 Eurekastreet wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit. But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it.
Not if the replay was saved by Idra.
On April 03 2011 17:22 BWILLdur wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 16:49 Jiddra wrote:
Gretorp lost 100% of his matches and ends up in the championship bracket, to reach top 6 you need 3 wins and 1 loss... I'm starting to wonder if this format is really that good, just complicated. The format is designed to protect previously established players. If you come in as top 16 seed you can win the whole tournament by playing only 7 series and winning 6 of them. Meanwhile losing in the first round of the open bracket puts you on a path of winning 21 series undefeated before you can claim victory. It's disappointing because it is so hard to see new talent rise up and challenge established players (which is why I love the GSTL).
While true, but if players truly deserve to win the tournament they will make it out of the open bracket regardless. HuK, Naniwa and Haypro apparently made it through no problem.
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On April 03 2011 17:23 teamsolid wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:19 Eurekastreet wrote:On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit. But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it. Not if the replay was saved by Idra.
Thanks didn't know. Burrowed and clawed roaches vs an opponent with no detection (unless I missed something) and mostly sentries....I wonder why he left so early...
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On April 03 2011 17:18 cnas wrote:I went to bed early thinking that i could just catch the rebroadcast, but there doesn't seem to be one? What is going on? Is there gonna be a rebroadcast? FML if not
Yeah you saved yourself a lot of frustration.
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On April 03 2011 17:26 Eurekastreet wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:23 teamsolid wrote:On April 03 2011 17:19 Eurekastreet wrote:On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit. But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it. Not if the replay was saved by Idra. Thanks didn't know. Burrowed and clawed roaches vs an opponent with no detection (unless I missed something) and mostly sentries....I wonder why he left so early...
It's Idra.
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On April 03 2011 17:26 Eurekastreet wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:23 teamsolid wrote:On April 03 2011 17:19 Eurekastreet wrote:On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit. But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it. Not if the replay was saved by Idra. Thanks didn't know. Burrowed and clawed roaches vs an opponent with no detection (unless I missed something) and mostly sentries....I wonder why he left so early...
IdrA was fully tilted at that point and emotions probably affected him in game 3. Beyond fully tilted. He went InControl/qxc and hit the table after that set against Huk. Rage is an understatement.
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On April 03 2011 17:22 BWILLdur wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 16:49 Jiddra wrote:
Gretorp lost 100% of his matches and ends up in the championship bracket, to reach top 6 you need 3 wins and 1 loss... I'm starting to wonder if this format is really that good, just complicated. The format is designed to protect previously established players. If you come in as top 16 seed you can win the whole tournament by playing only 7 series and winning 6 of them. Meanwhile losing in the first round of the open bracket puts you on a path of winning 21 series undefeated before you can claim victory. It's disappointing because it is so hard to see new talent rise up and challenge established players (which is why I love the GSTL). It's also stupidly difficult to get knocked out of the top 16 once you are in it. You just need to win 1 game out of the 5 you will play all weekend.
Not particularly. The system is designed so the worst a Group play player can do is 24th place, which means a maximum of 8 players can drop from top 16 group play in every MLG. Compare this to GSL, where every season only 8 of the 32 Code S spots are up for grabs.
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On April 03 2011 17:19 Primadog wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:18 cnas wrote:I went to bed early thinking that i could just catch the rebroadcast, but there doesn't seem to be one? What is going on? Is there gonna be a rebroadcast? FML if not There's no rebroadcast. Today basically didn't happen due to technical difficulties, MLG is pulling an all-nighter switching out the bad equipments.
I went to bed after the third game, the one after the grubby game. How many matches did i miss after that?
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Considering Liquid placed 5 members in the top 24, I'm not sure if calling this MLG a disaster for Liquid is justified or not. But from Ret. Tyler and TLP perspective, it must seem disappointing for them.
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On April 03 2011 17:23 teamsolid wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:19 Eurekastreet wrote:On April 03 2011 17:17 Paz wrote:
Replays end when one player leaves.
It's called a rage quit. But when that happens, don't you get the "xxxx left the game" annoucment ? There was no such thing there...game just froze in middle of a fight and that was it. Not if the replay was saved by Idra. Show nested quote +On April 03 2011 17:22 BWILLdur wrote:On April 03 2011 16:49 Jiddra wrote:
Gretorp lost 100% of his matches and ends up in the championship bracket, to reach top 6 you need 3 wins and 1 loss... I'm starting to wonder if this format is really that good, just complicated. The format is designed to protect previously established players. If you come in as top 16 seed you can win the whole tournament by playing only 7 series and winning 6 of them. Meanwhile losing in the first round of the open bracket puts you on a path of winning 21 series undefeated before you can claim victory. It's disappointing because it is so hard to see new talent rise up and challenge established players (which is why I love the GSTL). While true, but if players truly deserve to win the tournament they will make it out of the open bracket regardless. HuK, Naniwa and Haypro apparently made it through no problem.
What if HuK and Naniwa meet in the first round? I don't think it favors the loser regardless of how good you are.
I agree with you that if someone completely dominates the field they would always come out of the open bracket. But, I don't know if we see that kind of domination from any player.
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On April 03 2011 17:30 Hunterai wrote:
Considering Liquid placed 5 members in the top 24, I'm not sure if calling this MLG a disaster for Liquid is justified or not. But from Ret. Tyler and TLP perspective, it must seem disappointing for them.
Ret, Tyler and TLO had their places in the top 24 secured just by showing up to the event 
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